Special Guest: Alistair Begg | Episode 172

In this episode, the guys interview one of the great pastors and Bible teachers of our generation, Alistair Begg. Alistair is the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, a daily and weekend program that brings the exposition of Scripture to a global audience through radio, podcast, and a wide range of digital and streaming platforms. Since its launch in 1995, Truth For Life has featured teaching drawn from Alistair's decades of faithful preaching at Parkside Church, where he served as senior pastor from 1983 until 2025. Alistair and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1975. They have three grown children and nine grandchildren.

Topics covered:

- US Open recap at Shinnecock Hills and Wyndham Clark wins

- Alistair's connection to golf and why he loves speaking to people who play golf because they actually understand absolutes

- How Alistair came to know Christ and when he sensed the call to ministry

- What is the gospel and how we are to respond to it: the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God for salvation to them that believe (1 Corinthians 1)

- The man on the middle cross and the need of a savior

- Jesus is the only savior because he is the only one who is qualified to save

- What is expository preaching and why you should look for a church whose pastor is explaining the Bible slowly and in a way that glorifies God

- Any loss of conviction about the authority and sufficiency of Scripture will dull our evangelistic edge

- Where to start in your Bible: why Alistair recommends starting with the Gospel of Mark

- The ESV Study Bible as a recommended resource

- Marriage advice from 51 years of marriage: doing the basics well most of the time

- Parenting advice: raising our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (3 kids, 9 grandkids)

- The most urgent message for the church in the West in the 21st century

- Nothing seals the lips and ties the tongue like the poverty of our own spiritual experience

- Don't listen to yourself, talk to yourself from the Bible (Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones)

- 2 Timothy 2:15: Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth

- One book every Christian should read outside the Bible

- Rapid fire: favorite sport, favorite athlete, dream foursome, favorite hymn, favorite book of the Bible, favorite Bible verse, and more

- Make sure that the benefit you are enjoying from this podcast leads you to a place of worship and service within a local church community

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